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1844 and the straits -- Nicholas and Victoria -- The Crimean War -- what was it? -- 'Some fatal influence at work' -- Stratford and the Hungarians -- Napolean III and Jerusalem -- The sick man of Europe -- War fever rises -- First blood -- The armies : Allied and Russian -- Silistria and debate -- On to Crimea -- The war on the Baltic -- First Crimean steps -- On to Sevastopol -- The first winter -- The final curtain.